A 10-year experience of cardiac arrests in a district general hospital is reviewed. 1063
arrests in the general areas of the hospital were studied, excluding the coronary and …

Twenty patients surviving cardiac resuscitation following myocardial infarction were seen at
least six months after the cardiac arrest. The patient and spouse were interviewed …

In a survey of all antibiotic prescriptions in a district general hospital during November, 1978,
the reason for each prescription was determined by a brief interview with the prescriber …

Carboxyhaemoglobin concentrations were measured in 3487 subjects comprising 1255 non-
smokers, 1933 cigarette smokers, 193 cigar smokers (39 primary, 154 secondary), and 106 …

Thomson, ML, Pavia, D., and McNicol, MW (1973). Thorax, 28, 742-747. A preliminary study
of the effect of guaiphenesin on mucociliary clearance from the human lung. The effect of …

Five ex-cigarette smokers and five primary pipe and cigar smokers each smoked a large
cigar. Carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) and plasma nicotine levels were measured. In the ex …

In a double-blind crossover trial in patients with asthma, similar initial bronchodilator activity
was achieved with inhalations of salbutamol (100 μg), a new beta-adrenergic receptor …

THE word emphysema, whioh literally means, no more than'inflation', was used by Laennec
(1834) to imply an altered state of the lung at autopsy in whioh it is over-inflated and in …

Using a polyethylene glycol precipitation method, immune complexes were detected in 56%
of patients with active tuberculosis. After antituberculous treatment, 29% remained positive …

In studying the disturbance of arterial blood gases in patients with acute myocardial
infarction it soon became apparentthat many had evidence of pulmonary congestion …